CVE-2023-48725

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

19.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 97.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2024-03-07 14:59Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-11-04 18:19Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-12-01

Assigning CNA

talos

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.2)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowVariant
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

3fcf9a221dcdc054bb80241dc4f089efd169091a58b78e74b992d07f8a62196a

• talosintelligence.comhttps://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1887
• kb.netgear.comhttps://kb.netgear.com/000066037/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-the-RAX30-PSV-2023-0160
• www.talosintelligence.comhttps://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1887